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Company of the Day – Iconic Sign Group

Company: Iconic Sign Group Market:  Corpus Christi, Texas Headquarters: 5819 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX  78408 Phone: 361-883-7446 Email: Support@IconicSG.com Iconic sign Group is a family business which was started in 1935.  The company designs, installs and maintains on and off premise signs and vehicle wraps.  They are a Daktronics […]

IBO – A Look Back at 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026

Insider caught up with IBO Enterprise Manager Becky Smith and Chief Vision Officer Chris Cowlbeck for their OOH perspectives. Taking a look at 2025, what do you see as IBO’s key successes and accomplishments for the organization and its members? The glowing success was the launch of our interactive IBO […]

Company of the Day: InRange Advertising

Company: InRange Advertising Markets: Nationwide Address: 223 S West street, Suite 925, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Phone: 800-364-8108 InRange Advertising places static out of home advertising banners along the side of trucks.  The company was started in 2020 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Tim Brereton is the company’s […]

Billboard Occupancy Rates are Above 80 Percent

Billboard Insider’s readers do a good job keeping occupancy high.  The billboard industry has a rule of thumb which says that occupancy (sold billboard faces/total billboard faces) should be 80%.  6 out of 10 Billboard readers have an occupancy rate in excess of the industry rule of thumb.   Here […]

Five Pictures for 2025!

Insider wanted to share how Outdoorlink reviewed their 2025 successes with five images.  Congrats on a terrific year.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title.  Our newsletter is free and we don’t sell our subscriber list. Paid […]

Company of the Day – Hughes Outdoor Media

Company: Hughes Outdoor Media Headquarters:  1495 Manakin Road, Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103 Markets: Virginia & North Carolina Phone: 804.784.0501 Email: steve@hughesoutdoor.com Hughes Outdoor Media was formed in 2002 by Steve Hughes. The company currently owns and operates over 100 outdoor displays, including digital, static and posters, in Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Hughes grew […]

How’s your occupancy?

  There’s a rule of thumb in the out of home industry that billboard occupancy (sold out of home faces divided by total out of home faces) should be at least 80%. If your occupancy rate is above 90% you may be leaving money on the table by pricing your […]

Company of the Day: IMM Outdoor

Company: IMM Outdoor Market: Massachusetts Address:  PO Box 270705, Boston, MA  02127 Phone:  617-416-4245 IMM Outdoor operates a 14 by 48 billboard on the Mass turnpike in Chicopee.  The righthand read is digital.  The lefthand read is static.  Insider talked with company owner Matthew DiRoberto Matthew, how did you enter the […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds January 3, 2026

“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]

US Public Out of Home Stocks Outperform Market in 4Q 2025

The US public out of home companies outperformed the market during the fourth quarter of 2025.  Here’s an analysis of US Public out of home advertising stock performance, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Clear Channel Outdoor was up 40% due to strong performance by the company’s airport unit and news […]